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In America we have all been raised with the idea that through hard work, determination, and courage we can accomplish our dreams. While this is a noble concept, it does not hold true in our spiritual lives. In reality we cannot save ourselves! It is only through the grace of God that we are saved and healed from the brokenness of the human condition. Joe Paprocki points out in A Well-Built Faith, that "we are all broken and in need of being saved. Frankly, the best response to someone, (especially a child) who asks why they need to go to Mass: because you're broken."Do you attend mass on auto pilot? Read more to attend better!

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Using the recipe and directions below you can make bread to share at home.Eucharist Bread Recipe 1 ½ cups of flour ½ cup whole wheat flour ¼ tsp. Salt ½ tsp. Soda 3 Tbsp. Sugar 2 Tbsp. oil ¾ cup waterUse the following script or similar words as you assemble the ingredients and mix the bread: We come together here from different homes and schools, from lives lived apart to make bread that will be shared at the table tonight with our families. We will take these many parts and ingredients here and put them together and make them one. As I call out the ingredient that you have been assigned, please bring it forward quietly and put it in the bowl. Read the card that tells about the ingredient. · We begin with the flour. First the whole wheat flour, which is the base of any bread. This ground wheat flour began as a seed planted in a field. The seed had to die before it could burst forth with the wheat plant that grew tall in the fields. (show sample of a dried wheat stem) We hope that each of us can grow and give new life to our families and communities like this wheat seed did. · Now we add the white flour. It comes from the same wheat seed, but it is ground and purified of its rough parts so that it makes a smoother bread. We pray that we can also become more pure in our thoughts and deeds as we come to know Christ better. · Next we add salt. By adding salt we add flavor! What would our church be like without each of us and the flavor we add to the community? Each of us is called to be salt for the world. Just like the bread would taste flat and blah without salt, our world would be sad and dull without each of us and our loving actions. · We add the baking soda next. Soda helps the dough to rise so it is not so flat and chewy or hard. The dough gets bigger with elements like baking soda, baking powder and yeast. Its like the dough is breathing and it comes alive because of these ingredients. Christ is like that for each of us. Christ’s teachings give new life to all that we do. · The sugar is next. It will make the bread sweet. God’s word in the Bible is like that for us. It sweetens our lives to have God’s word available to teach and to comfort. We pray that we will be sweet to all we meet. · We stir all of these dry ingredients together so they become one and can work together to make something new. · Next we add the oil. It will hold all of these different elements together. The oil binds it all into one. We ask that God will help us to blend all people together, to let go of differences and offer forgiveness. · And lastly we add the water. Without water we could not live. We remember the importance of water at our baptism. We were given new life as a Catholic Christian. May this bread remind us of the new life in Christ that we are offered at communion when we come to the table at mass. Stir it all together as much as you can. · Lifting the bowl in the air, We ask God to bless this bowl. It holds together the many parts that have now become one. Everyone please extend your hands in blessing. We ask you Lord, to take this bread, made from many parts, and to make it one. Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation. It is through your goodness that we have bread to eat. The earth has given us the ingredients. Our hands and the hands of others have formed them into one. May this bread and our whole lives become the Bread of Life for the world. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Place the dough on a floured table and continue to mix by hand, adding more water as needed. Roll it out flat like a pizza crust and cut into round shapes with a biscuit cutter. Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 12 minutes.

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